Raffael Heiss
@raffaelheiss.bsky.social
Professor at MCI. Interested in Health Communication, Misinformation, Food Systems.
Former: Fulbright Visiting Professor at Georgetown University; PhD Candidate at University of Vienna.
Former: Fulbright Visiting Professor at Georgetown University; PhD Candidate at University of Vienna.
📣New study in #JournalofAdolescentHealth: Among 1,003 Austrian youth, 83% see #health content from #influencers and 53% buy health products they recommend (see graph).
Parasocial ties ↑ susceptibility to marketing; digital #healthliteracy protects.
🔗STUDY LINK (free): doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Parasocial ties ↑ susceptibility to marketing; digital #healthliteracy protects.
🔗STUDY LINK (free): doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
November 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
📣New study in #JournalofAdolescentHealth: Among 1,003 Austrian youth, 83% see #health content from #influencers and 53% buy health products they recommend (see graph).
Parasocial ties ↑ susceptibility to marketing; digital #healthliteracy protects.
🔗STUDY LINK (free): doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
Parasocial ties ↑ susceptibility to marketing; digital #healthliteracy protects.
🔗STUDY LINK (free): doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
🚨 Some #NPOs look like independent #healthinformation hubs - but operate as strategic arms of the #F&B industry.
They influence science, public messaging, and policy-makers.
We study 5 cases: ILSI Europe, EUFIC, BNF, FEN, and Austria’s FEH.
worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn...
(c) G. Mondy
They influence science, public messaging, and policy-makers.
We study 5 cases: ILSI Europe, EUFIC, BNF, FEN, and Austria’s FEH.
worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn...
(c) G. Mondy
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🚨 Some #NPOs look like independent #healthinformation hubs - but operate as strategic arms of the #F&B industry.
They influence science, public messaging, and policy-makers.
We study 5 cases: ILSI Europe, EUFIC, BNF, FEN, and Austria’s FEH.
worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn...
(c) G. Mondy
They influence science, public messaging, and policy-makers.
We study 5 cases: ILSI Europe, EUFIC, BNF, FEN, and Austria’s FEH.
worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn...
(c) G. Mondy
📢Does school education improve #HealthLiteracy? Our data say NO.
We tested 780 Austrian pupils (9–13) using a performance-based HL test.
❌Result: No improvements w/ grade level (fig1).
⚠️Problem: They increasingly rely on unmoderated sources, but aren’t prepared (fig2).
🔗FULL STUDY: rdcu.be/eb548
We tested 780 Austrian pupils (9–13) using a performance-based HL test.
❌Result: No improvements w/ grade level (fig1).
⚠️Problem: They increasingly rely on unmoderated sources, but aren’t prepared (fig2).
🔗FULL STUDY: rdcu.be/eb548
March 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
📢Does school education improve #HealthLiteracy? Our data say NO.
We tested 780 Austrian pupils (9–13) using a performance-based HL test.
❌Result: No improvements w/ grade level (fig1).
⚠️Problem: They increasingly rely on unmoderated sources, but aren’t prepared (fig2).
🔗FULL STUDY: rdcu.be/eb548
We tested 780 Austrian pupils (9–13) using a performance-based HL test.
❌Result: No improvements w/ grade level (fig1).
⚠️Problem: They increasingly rely on unmoderated sources, but aren’t prepared (fig2).
🔗FULL STUDY: rdcu.be/eb548
I recently joined the @ejhc.bsky.social as an associate editor. The #EJHC is a great university-led #nonprofit & #nopaywall project, all articles are rigorously peer-reviewed and published #openaccess free of charge. Looking forward to your #healthcom submissions!💪
Link: ejhc.org
Link: ejhc.org
November 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM
I recently joined the @ejhc.bsky.social as an associate editor. The #EJHC is a great university-led #nonprofit & #nopaywall project, all articles are rigorously peer-reviewed and published #openaccess free of charge. Looking forward to your #healthcom submissions!💪
Link: ejhc.org
Link: ejhc.org